Responsible tourism management: The missing link between business owners' attitudes and behaviour in the Cape Town tourism industry

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 621-628

  Frey, Nicole ^a   George, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Corporate social responsibility; Emerging markets; Responsible management intention (RMI); Responsible tourism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77952322276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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